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Ireland.
call upon you to fill your glasses , as I am about to propose a toast , which cannot fail to call forth a hearty response from every Alason present . I beg to propose the health of the honourable and gallant captain on my left . I give you , " Captain Jocelyn , our worthy brother , and Representative of the Duke of Leinster . "—( Here the company rose en musse , and , amid the most enthusiastic cheering , drank the toast , accompanied with full honours . ) When tbe cheering had subsided
, Th . e CHAIRMAN rose and said—Bro . Deputy Provincial Master and brethren all , I thank you sincerely for the honour you have done mefor this additional proof of your kindness . I have been a great many years a Mason , and though I have on many occasions received favours at the hands of my brethren , and though great confidence has been reposed in me—more honour , indeed , than I deserved —( cries of " No , no" ) —really and truly I never felt more gratified than at the present moment .
My health has been proposed in such a style , and received by you in such a respectful ancl enthusiastic manner , that 1 cannot but feel the full force of your good wishes and kindness most sensibly . I came here to-day , at the request of your worthy Provincial Grand Aiaster , to take a part in the proceedings ; and was appointed to be the humble means of installing him in the great office to which he has been appointed , and of investing him with those honours which he so richldeservesand of
y , which he is most worthy . I deeply regret being disappointed in so doing . I regret it for various reasons ; for it was by his instigation and assistance I became a Mason ; and his hands , eighteen years ago , first showed me light . Brethren , I thank you again for the honour you have this evening conferred upon me ; ancl I have now to intimate to you the necessity of my retiring from this pleasing ancl happy scene . It is
necessary that I leave this town for Dublin to-night , in order that I may be enabled to attend the meeting of the Grancl Lodge to-morrow evening ; and there report to our brethren this glorious si ght . —( Loud and prolonged cheering ) . Bro . WILLIAMS , P . S . G . AV ., then rose and said—Right AVorshipful Deputy Grancl Aiaster ancl brethren , in bringing before your notice the toast of our " Poor and distressed Brethren , " which has been placed in handsI shall time for a few minutesbcalling
my , occupy your , y your attention to a subject of the greatest importance to the (' raft in this province . I regret that the task was not intrusted to one better adapted to do justice to it ; for when I look around and see so many talented and eloquent A'lasons , I shrink from the duty that is imposed upon me . But , however I may be deficient in eloquence , I throw myself upon your indulgence and sympathy , knowing that the subject I am about to bring before you will call forth a warm response from all present .
That subject is the establishment of a Female Alasonic Orphan Asylum for the province of Ulster . It has been a matter of serious regret to many Masons in the province that we have had no charitable institutions in connection with the Order , such as exist in other provinces . In Leinster there is an asylum , and also one at Cork , both of which are in a flourishing state . I am acquainted with the workings of this most excellent charity in Englandas well as those in Dublin and
, Cork , and it is a matter of great gratulation to me to be enabled to announce to this assembly that they are in a most prosperous state . Let me then rouse your dormant energies in the orphan cause ; for would it not be considered a reproach to the Alasonry of Ulster , not to be able to point to some substantial object to convince those without the pale of the square Unit there is something more in Alasonry than a name —( hear ,
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Ireland.
call upon you to fill your glasses , as I am about to propose a toast , which cannot fail to call forth a hearty response from every Alason present . I beg to propose the health of the honourable and gallant captain on my left . I give you , " Captain Jocelyn , our worthy brother , and Representative of the Duke of Leinster . "—( Here the company rose en musse , and , amid the most enthusiastic cheering , drank the toast , accompanied with full honours . ) When tbe cheering had subsided
, Th . e CHAIRMAN rose and said—Bro . Deputy Provincial Master and brethren all , I thank you sincerely for the honour you have done mefor this additional proof of your kindness . I have been a great many years a Mason , and though I have on many occasions received favours at the hands of my brethren , and though great confidence has been reposed in me—more honour , indeed , than I deserved —( cries of " No , no" ) —really and truly I never felt more gratified than at the present moment .
My health has been proposed in such a style , and received by you in such a respectful ancl enthusiastic manner , that 1 cannot but feel the full force of your good wishes and kindness most sensibly . I came here to-day , at the request of your worthy Provincial Grand Aiaster , to take a part in the proceedings ; and was appointed to be the humble means of installing him in the great office to which he has been appointed , and of investing him with those honours which he so richldeservesand of
y , which he is most worthy . I deeply regret being disappointed in so doing . I regret it for various reasons ; for it was by his instigation and assistance I became a Mason ; and his hands , eighteen years ago , first showed me light . Brethren , I thank you again for the honour you have this evening conferred upon me ; ancl I have now to intimate to you the necessity of my retiring from this pleasing ancl happy scene . It is
necessary that I leave this town for Dublin to-night , in order that I may be enabled to attend the meeting of the Grancl Lodge to-morrow evening ; and there report to our brethren this glorious si ght . —( Loud and prolonged cheering ) . Bro . WILLIAMS , P . S . G . AV ., then rose and said—Right AVorshipful Deputy Grancl Aiaster ancl brethren , in bringing before your notice the toast of our " Poor and distressed Brethren , " which has been placed in handsI shall time for a few minutesbcalling
my , occupy your , y your attention to a subject of the greatest importance to the (' raft in this province . I regret that the task was not intrusted to one better adapted to do justice to it ; for when I look around and see so many talented and eloquent A'lasons , I shrink from the duty that is imposed upon me . But , however I may be deficient in eloquence , I throw myself upon your indulgence and sympathy , knowing that the subject I am about to bring before you will call forth a warm response from all present .
That subject is the establishment of a Female Alasonic Orphan Asylum for the province of Ulster . It has been a matter of serious regret to many Masons in the province that we have had no charitable institutions in connection with the Order , such as exist in other provinces . In Leinster there is an asylum , and also one at Cork , both of which are in a flourishing state . I am acquainted with the workings of this most excellent charity in Englandas well as those in Dublin and
, Cork , and it is a matter of great gratulation to me to be enabled to announce to this assembly that they are in a most prosperous state . Let me then rouse your dormant energies in the orphan cause ; for would it not be considered a reproach to the Alasonry of Ulster , not to be able to point to some substantial object to convince those without the pale of the square Unit there is something more in Alasonry than a name —( hear ,